Madrid Spain.- Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel appeared this Thursday before national television to comment on the energy crisis that has affected Cubans for several months.
According to the president, Cuba does not have the electrical capacity “for what the life of the population is demanding,” but “the government makes every effort to affect the population as little as possible”; the same population that has gone out to manifest during the last few days because the blackouts are unsustainable.
Regarding the long hours of blackouts, he explained that there are peaks at noon and between 9:00 and 10:00 at night, which hinders the behavior of electricity consumption.
“Why do we basically turn off at those times when cooking is taking place and people are at home? Because it is precisely when there is more demand, and we do not have the capacity for what the life of our population is demanding, ”she specified.
“As long as the blackouts continue and we continue to feel the inconvenience,” he said, including himself among those who suffer from this situation, “the dissatisfactions will continue and it will be difficult to change the states of opinion.”
Regarding the poor state of the country’s thermoelectric plants, he declared: “An investment in thermoelectric plants is extremely expensive and takes years. Immediately it is not possible to mount a thermoelectric plant. It takes between four and five years of investment”.
“However, Cuba is making a negotiation with a friendly country to have three, maybe four, new generation blocks; but it is not an investment that we can immediately dispose of,” he added.
According to Díaz-Canel, with the money raised from tourism and stores in Freely Convertible Currency (MLC), a group of repairs and maintenance has been contracted that should lead to stability in the coming months, including those that are closest.
The commander of the revolution, Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, was present at the appearance of the Cuban president, who pointed out that one cannot live beyond the possibilities.
“Our people are eminently revolutionary, with the capacity for sacrifice and the will to do things,” were the words of Valdés Menéndez in the face of the energy crisis that Cuba is going through.
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